Cyndaquil 18/162 · BREAKthrough

Cyndaquil is Pokédex #155, generation 2 (Johto). Cyndaquil is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Quilava, Quilava (#156) under evolves to.

Cyndaquil sits at 18/162 in BREAKthrough, position 18 of 165. Before it is 17 Gogoat, and after it is 19 Quilava. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Ember is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a timid nature. If it is startled, the flames on its back burn more vigorously."

Cyndaquil (#155) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Cyndaquil 56/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Cyndaquil list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKthrough set binder is where a full BREAKthrough set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cyndaquil can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Johto starters and Tomokazu Komiya cards. I still need this card.